2007–08 United States network television schedule

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The 2007–08 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2007 to August 2008. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2006–07 season. The schedule was affected by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike (which began on November 5 and ended on February 12). After that, the next disruption to the networks' primetime schedules would not occur until the 2020–21 season, whose network schedules were affected by the suspension of film and television productions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 14, 2007, followed by ABC on May 15, CBS on May 16, Fox and The CW on May 17, and MyNetworkTV on August 24, 2007.

This was the first TV season where Nielsen Media Research kept track of DVR ratings (live plus same day; C3; live plus 7)

PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcasts times for network shows may vary.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows released in May 2008 is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.

All NBC programming from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, was pre-empted for coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Impact of the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike

On November 5, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. During the strike, production on scripted television series across all of the major television networks was suspended. The writers' strike forced the networks to postpone the start of the fall 2007 schedule later than usual; rather than the traditional late-September/early-October start, new and returning series had their premieres delayed until late October and into November. The Writers Guild of America strike ended on February 12. The 2007–08 television season was thus the first of three television seasons to have its start delayed due to issues outside of the control of the major networks; the other instances were the 1988–89 season (due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike) and the 2001–02 season (due to the networks' news coverage of the September 11 attacks). The next major disruption to the primetime television schedules of the major television networks would not occur until the 2020–21 season (due to a suspension of television productions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic). The third major disruption to the primetime television schedules of the major television networks was the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.

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Light blue indicates local programming.
Gray indicates encore programming.
Blue-gray indicates news programming.
Light green indicates sporting events.
Red indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials and movies.
Light gold indicates programming produced outside of the United States.
highlight Yellow highlights indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Cyan highlights indicates numbers 11-20 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Magenta highlights indicates numbers 21-30 most watched programs of the season.
highlight Highlights indicates that it falls in multiple of the above categories.

Schedule

New series to broadcast television are highlighted in bold.
Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii–Aleutian times.
All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or late-night programming scheduled by affiliates after game completion.

Sunday

Network		7:00 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	America's Funniest Home Videos		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (21/7.7)		Desperate Housewives (6/11.6)		Brothers & Sisters (22/7.6) (Tied with CSI: NY, Heroes and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
	Winter					Oprah's Big Give		Here Come the Newlyweds
	Spring					Desperate Housewives (6/11.6)		Brothers & Sisters (22/7.6) (Tied with CSI: NY, Heroes and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
	Summer			High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)		Desperate Housewives (R)
	Mid-summer			Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R)				Desperate Housewives (R)
CBS	Fall	60 Minutes (17/8.4)		Viva Laughlin		Cold Case (28/7.1) (Tied with Deal or No Deal)		Shark (30/7.0) (Tied with The Unit and Hell's Kitchen)
	Mid-fall			The Amazing Race
	Winter			Big Brother				Dexter (R)
	Spring			Million Dollar Password				Various programming
	Summer			Big Brother		Million Dollar Password		Cold Case (R)
The CW	Fall	CW Now	Online Nation	Life Is Wild		America's Next Top Model (R)		Local programming
	Mid-fall		Aliens in America (R)			America's Next Top Model (R)
	Late fall		Aliens in America (R)			Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants (R)
	Winter		Everybody Hates Chris (R)	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends (R)	The Game (R)
	Spring	America's Next Top Model (R)				The Game	Girlfriends (R)
	Summer	One Tree Hill (R)				The Game	Girlfriends (R)
Fox	Fall	Fox NFL (4:15 p.m.)	The OT	The Simpsons	King of the Hill	Family Guy	American Dad!
	Winter	Various programming					American Dad!
	Late winter	King of the Hill (R)	American Dad! (R)				Unhitched
	Spring	King of the Hill (R)	The Simpsons (R)				American Dad!
	Late spring	Don't Forget the Lyrics! (R)
	Summer	'Til Death (R)
NBC	Fall	Football Night in America		NBC Sunday Night Football (8:15 p.m.) (continued to game completion) (10/9.7)
	Winter	Dateline NBC				Various programming
	Mid-winter	American Gladiators (R)				Various programming
	Late winter	Dateline NBC				Law & Order (R)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Spring	Dateline NBC		Monk (R)		Psych (R)
	Mid-spring	Dateline NBC		The Office (R)
	Late spring	NBC Sports programming				Dateline NBC
	Summer	Most Outrageous Moments (R)		America's Got Talent (R)		Dateline NBC

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition aired two-hour episodes on January 13 through January 27.
Viva Laughlin aired two episodes (the pilot on October 18 and the 2nd episode on October 21) before it was cancelled.

Monday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Dancing with the Stars (3/14.0)			Samantha Who? (19/8.0)	The Bachelor
	Late fall	Special programming		Samantha Who? (19/8.0)	Notes from the Underbelly	October Road
	Winter	Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann			Notes from the Underbelly	October Road
	Spring	Dancing with the Stars (3/14.0)			Samantha Who? (19/8.0)	The Bachelor
	Late spring	The Bachelorette				The Mole
	Summer	High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Wanna Bet?
	Mid-summer	High School Musical: Get in the Picture		Samantha Who? (R)
CBS	Fall	How I Met Your Mother	The Big Bang Theory	Two and a Half Men (15/8.5) (Tied with Survivor)	Rules of Engagement	CSI: Miami (11/9.2) (Tied with NCIS)
	Winter	How I Met Your Mother	Welcome to the Captain		The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Late winter	The Big Bang Theory	How I Met Your Mother		The New Adventures of Old Christine
	Spring				Rules of Engagement
	Summer				The New Adventures of Old Christine (R)
The CW	Fall	Everybody Hates Chris	Aliens in America	Girlfriends	The Game	Local programming
	Winter	Gossip Girl (R)		Girlfriends	The Game
	Mid-winter	Gossip Girl (R)		Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious
	Spring	Gossip Girl		One Tree Hill
Fox	Fall	Prison Break		K-Ville
	Late fall	House (R)		K-Ville
	Winter	Prison Break		Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
	Late winter	New Amsterdam		Various programming
	Spring	Bones		House (8/10.5)
MNT	Fall	Celebrity Exposé		Various programming
	Mid-fall	Breaking The Magician's Code (R)		Celebrity Exposé
	Late fall	Special programming
	Winter	Celebrity Exposé		Meet My Folks (R)
	Mid-winter	Celebrity Exposé		Paradise Hotel
	Spring	Celebrity Exposé (R)
	Summer	Celebrity Exposé (R)		Decision House
NBC	Fall	Chuck		Heroes (22/7.6) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters, CSI: NY and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)		Journeyman
	Winter	American Gladiators		Deal or No Deal (28/7.1) (Tied with Cold Case)		Medium
	Late winter	My Dad Is Better than Your Dad		Deal or No Deal (28/7.1) (Tied with Cold Case)
	Spring	Deal or No Deal (28/7.1) (Tied with Cold Case)
	Late spring	American Gladiators		Nashville Star		Dateline NBC

NBC aired Clash of the Choirs for four consecutive nights starting on December 17, 2007.
ABC aired Duel for six nights for the week starting on December 17, 2007.
American Gladiators premiered Sunday, January 6, 2008, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central before moving to Mondays at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered Sunday, January 13, 2008, at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central before moving to Mondays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.
Season 7 of 24 was supposed to start in 2008, but delayed to 2009 due to the WGA strike.

Tuesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Cavemen	Carpoolers	Dancing with the Stars (5/12.3)		Boston Legal
	Late fall	Special programming		According to Jim (R)
	Winter	Just for Laughs	Just for Laughs (R)	According to Jim	Carpoolers
	Late winter	Just for Laughs	Just for Laughs (R)	According to Jim	Carpoolers	Primetime: What Would You Do?
	Spring	According to Jim	According to Jim (R)	Dancing with the Stars (5/12.3)		Boston Legal
	Mid-spring			Dancing with the Stars (5/12.3)		Women's Murder Club
	Late spring			Samantha Who? (R)		Boston Legal (R)
	Summer	Wipeout		I Survived a Japanese Game Show		Primetime
	Mid-summer	Wipeout		Wanna Bet?		Primetime
CBS	Fall	NCIS (11/9.2) (Tied with CSI: Miami)		The Unit (30/7.0) (Tied with Shark)		Cane
	Winter			The Unit (30/7.0) (Tied with Shark)		48 Hours
	Mid-winter			Big Brother		Jericho
	Spring			Shark (30/7.0) (Tied with The Unit and Hell's Kitchen)		Various programming
	Mid-spring					Secret Talents of the Stars
	Late spring			48 Hours		Without a Trace
	Summer			Big Brother		Without a Trace
The CW	Fall	Beauty and the Geek		Reaper		Local programming
	Winter	Reaper (R)		One Tree Hill
	Late winter	Beauty and the Geek		One Tree Hill
	Spring	Beauty and the Geek		Reaper
Fox	Fall	Bones		House (8/10.5)
	Winter	American Idol (1/16.1)		House (8/10.5)
	Mid-winter	American Idol (1/16.1)
	Spring	American Idol (1/16.1)		Hell's Kitchen (30/7.0) (Tied with Shark and The Unit)
	Late spring	The Moment of Truth (13/8.8) (Tied with Without a Trace)
	Summer	House (R)		Various programming
MNT	Fall	The Academy (R)		JAIL	JAIL (R)
	Late fall	Special programming
	Winter	Street Patrol	Street Patrol (R)	JAIL	JAIL (R)
NBC	Fall	The Singing Bee	The Biggest Loser			Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (22/7.6) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters, CSI: NY and Heroes)
	Winter	The Biggest Loser
	Spring	Most Outrageous Moments	Most Outrageous Moments (R)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Summer	Celebrity Family Feud		America's Got Talent

Notes:

According to Jim premiered on January 1, 2008, with two 30-minute episodes. Then on January 9, 2008, it only aired one episode for the night.
One Tree Hill premiered on January 8, 2008, with a two-hour premiere.
American Idol premiered on January 15 to 16, 2008 with two hour episodes each night.
NBC aired quarterlife on February 26, 2008. After the first episode failed to earn the ratings the network had hoped, NBC announced that the series would be canceled after airing only one episode. Its remaining episodes would air on sibling channel Bravo.
Miss Guided aired a "sneak-peek" on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, following Dancing with the Stars at 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm Central. It then moved to its regular timeslot on March 20 at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes filling in for Ugly Betty through April 3.
On April 8, 2008, CBS premiered Secret Talents of the Stars at 10 pm Eastern/9 pm Central. The show was cancelled the following day.

Wednesday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Pushing Daisies		Private Practice (26/7.3)	Dirty Sexy Money
	Winter	Wife Swap		Supernanny	Cashmere Mafia
	Late winter				Men in Trees
	Spring				Boston Legal
	Late spring				Men in Trees
	Summer				Primetime: Crime
CBS	Fall	Kid Nation		Criminal Minds (18/8.2)	CSI: NY (22/7.6) (Tied with Brothers & Sisters, Heroes and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
	Winter	Power of 10
	Mid-winter	Big Brother
	Spring	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular
	Summer	Greatest American Dog
The CW	Fall	America's Next Top Model		Gossip Girl	Local programming
	Late fall	Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants		Gossip Girl
	Winter	America's Next Top Model		Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious
	Spring			Farmer Wants a Wife
	Summer			Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (R)
Fox	Fall	Back to You	'Til Death	Kitchen Nightmares
	Winter	American Idol (2/15.9)		The Moment of Truth (13/8.8) (Tied with Without a Trace)
	Late winter	The Moment of Truth (13/8.8) (Tied with Without a Trace)		American Idol (2/15.9)
	Spring	'Til Death	Back to You	American Idol (2/15.9)
	Late spring	So You Think You Can Dance
MNT	Fall	Decision House		Meet My Folks (R)
	Winter	Whacked Out Videos	Whacked Out Videos (R)	Special programming
	Mid-winter	Whacked Out Videos	Whacked Out Videos (R)	Masters of Illusion (R)
	Spring	Under One Roof	The Best of In Living Color	Breaking The Magician's Code (R)
	Late spring		The Best of In Living Color	Masters of Illusion (R)
	Summer		Whacked Out Videos (R)	The Twilight Zone (R)
	Mid-summer	The Twilight Zone (R)		Whacked Out Videos (R)
NBC	Fall	Deal or No Deal		Bionic Woman	Life
	Mid-fall	Phenomenon		Bionic Woman	Life
	Winter	Deal or No Deal		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)	Law & Order (27/7.2)
	Spring	Deal or No Deal			Law & Order (27/7.2)
	Summer	The Baby Borrowers (R)		The Baby Borrowers	Celebrity Circus
	Mid-summer	America's Got Talent (R)		The Baby Borrowers	Law & Order (R)

American Idol premiered on January 15, 2008, and January 16, 2008, with two-hour episodes each night.
Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants premiered on December 12, 2007, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00PM Central before moving to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00PM Central.
Law & Order had a two-hour season premiere (two episodes) on January 2, 2008.
Supernanny aired back to back episodes on January 2, 2008.

Thursday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy (9/10.4)		Big Shots
	Winter	Lost (R)		Lost (20/7.9)		Eli Stone
	Spring	Miss Guided		Lost (20/7.9)		Eli Stone
	Mid-spring	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy (9/10.4)		Lost (20/7.9)
	Summer	Ugly Betty		Grey's Anatomy (9/10.4)		Hopkins
CBS	Fall	Survivor (15/8.5) (Tied with Two and a Half Men)		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (7/10.6)		Without a Trace (13/8.8) (Tied with The Moment of Truth)
	Winter	Various programming
	Mid-winter	Survivor (15/8.5) (Tied with Two and a Half Men)
	Spring	Various programming				Swingtown
	Summer	Greatest American Dog				Swingtown
	Mid-summer	Big Brother				Flashpoint
The CW		Smallville		Supernatural		Local programming
Fox	Fall	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?		Don't Forget the Lyrics!
	Spring	So You Think You Can Dance
	Late spring	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?		So You Think You Can Dance
MNT		My Thursday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	My Name Is Earl	30 Rock	The Office		ER
	Mid-fall		30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs
	Winter		The Office (R)	Celebrity Apprentice
	Mid-winter	Various programming		Celebrity Apprentice		Lipstick Jungle
	Spring	My Name Is Earl	30 Rock	The Office	Scrubs	ER
	Mid-spring	My Name Is Earl	Scrubs	The Office	30 Rock	ER
	Late spring	Various programming	Last Comic Standing			Fear Itself
	Summer	Last Comic Standing				Fear Itself

Reaper moved to 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central on February 28, 2008, replacing Supernatural.
Miss Guided aired a "sneak-peek" on Tuesday March 18, 2008, following Dancing with the Stars at 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm Central. It then moved to its regular timeslot on March 20 at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes filling in for Ugly Betty through April 3.

Friday

Network		8:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	20/20	Women's Murder Club	Men in Trees
	Mid-fall	Men in Trees	Women's Murder Club	20/20
	Winter	Grey's Anatomy (R)	Desperate Housewives (R)	20/20
	Mid-winter	Grey's Anatomy (R)	20/20
	Spring	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	Duel	20/20
	Late spring	America's Funniest Home Videos (R)	According to Jim (R)
	Summer	Dance Machine	Duel
	Mid-summer	The ABC Friday Night Movie
CBS	Fall	Ghost Whisperer	Moonlight	Numb3rs
	Winter	The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular	Ghost Whisperer
	Spring	Ghost Whisperer	Moonlight
	Late spring		Numb3rs (R)
	Summer		Numb3rs (R)	Flashpoint
	Mid-summer		Numb3rs (R)	Swingtown
The CW		WWE Friday Night SmackDown		Local programming
Fox	Early fall	Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?	Various programming
	Fall	The Next Great American Band
	Mid-fall	The Next Great American Band	Don't Forget the Lyrics!
	Winter	Bones (R)	House (R)
	Spring	Bones (R)	Canterbury's Law
	Mid-spring	Fox Friday Night Movie
MNT	Fall	My Friday Night Movie
	Spring	Meet My Folks (R)	Paradise Hotel (R)
	Summer	The Academy (R)	Paradise Hotel (R)
NBC	Fall	Deal or No Deal	Friday Night Lights	Las Vegas
	Winter	1 vs. 100	Friday Night Lights	Las Vegas
	Late winter	Amne$ia	Dateline NBC
	Spring	Most Outrageous Moments (R)	Dateline NBC

Amne$ia premiered on February 22, 2008, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central, before moving to its regular timeslot on February 29, 2008, at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central.

Saturday

Network		8:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.
ABC	Fall	Saturday Night Football (continued to game completion)
	Winter	ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
	Summer	The Wonderful World of Disney			Eli Stone (R)
CBS		Crimetime Saturday			48 Hours
Fox		COPS	COPS (R)	America's Most Wanted	Local programming
MNT	Fall	IFL Battleground		NFL Total Access
	Mid-fall	NFL Total Access		IFL Battleground
	Winter	NFL Total Access		Paradise Hotel (R)
	Spring	Meet My Folks (R)		Decision House (R)
	Late spring	My Saturday Night Movie
NBC	Fall	Various programming		Chuck (R)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Mid-fall	Bionic Woman (R)		Chuck (R)	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)
	Winter	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R)	Law & Order (R)
	Spring	Medium (R)		Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)	Law & Order (R)
	Summer	Various programming		Law & Order (R)	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)

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